How common is the surname Beason?

5,414 people in the United States had the surname Beason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,027 Americans. It ranked 6,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Beason getting more or less common?

More common. 5,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,414 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Beason

A surname, carried by 5,414 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Beason is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,414 people named Beason in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,027 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,129.

#6,305

rank among US surnames

5,414

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,152)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901
#6,298	Lupo	5,425	56,912
#6,299	McArdle	5,424	56,922
#6,300	Desrosiers	5,423	56,933
#6,301	Aycock	5,422	56,943
#6,302	Weiser	5,421	56,954

Who is named Beason

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

71% of people named Beason identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beason

Beason has the Soundex code B250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B250.

Questions

How common is the surname Beason?: 5,414 people in the United States had the surname Beason in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,027 Americans. It ranked 6,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beason?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Beason identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Beason getting more or less common?: More common. 5,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,414 in 2010, up 5.6%.